'Kids brains are as bright as the first sunshine of the dawn which can enlighten the whole world when shone right'. Give them the correct armour and they will become the knight of the battleground. These young brains are our future hence their proper overall development is imperative.
Early years of a child’s life are extremely crucial for his/her overall emotional, social and physical development. It is these initial years that can make the foundation for grasping and learning things quickly and exploring their creativity for a better future. Though most of the parents are aware of these facts and genuinely try their best to teach their kids as per their maximum knowledge of the subject and the surroundings, the number is staggeringly low when it comes to villages and towns in India. As per the research conducted by many educationalists, unfortunately, there is a vast sector in Rural India that is still unaware of the importance of early education in their kids’ lives. Certain factors like the parents’ unawareness regarding childhood education, lack of knowledgeand lack of access to good infrastructure also corroborate to the huge count of kids that are unfortunately devoid of this imperative stepping stone towards their holistic development. So, why is early childhood education incumbent for all kids? The reason cannot be merely to enjoy or become accustomed to socializing, right? It is certainly more than that! Let’s first comprehend what an early childhood education means.
Early Childhood Education – What Is It?
Early childhood education refers to the preschools, learning centres, kindergartens or nursery schools which are specifically meant for educating kids of 3-5 years of age. These education institutes prepare children for elementary education by focusing on the different aspects of the kid’s mental and physical development. These necessary yet often overlooked early years of a kid’s life are as crucial for his/her overall personal growth and success as clothing and shelter to the destitute. Hence, it is important that early education reaches to the core of every country, city, town or village, so no child is devoid of his/her right as well as his successful journey to a great, impactful and purposeful future.
Why Is Early Childhood Education Important?
Kids between the age bracket of 3-5 are the most vivacious little brains that have the maximum potential to recognize, learn and remember new things quickly. At this age, they develop their cognitive, language and motor skills. Hence, it is important to direct and stimulate their brains for facilitating the intelligence that they are already good at and improving on the rest of them which are yet to be developed. As a matter of fact, each kid has one or two intelligences out of 7-8 that are more pronounced than others. It is through early childhood education that kids evolve their intelligence quotient in multiple genres.
Another important factor of concern is that not every kid has the same level of grasping ability. Many are developmentally delayed; they may have moderate to extremely low intellectual abilities or may have impaired brain development. It thus takes huge amount of informed efforts to bring such children at par with the others so their mental development fastens and evolves as smoothly as it may for other fast learners.
Kids also develop the joy of learning when they are introduced to new elements at this age. It becomes all the more easy for kids to maintain this mental agility and zeal of exploring their creativity as they grow old.
Besides getting to socialize with new people of their age, children also learn to cooperate and share things with others. This in turn helps them to develop trust, kindness and amicability towards the society.
Practical sessions in the early education- learning centres meticulously provided by trained professionals after recognising the child’s weak and strong aspects of personality also strengthen their overall mental, social and physical growth.
Preschools for early education have well-curated curriculum for kids that enhance the kids’ learning experience without enforcing the burden of knowledge on these nurturing young minds. This in turn builds a positive perspective of a kid towards education and prepares him/her for the elementary education that virtually requires the synergy of combined intelligences of human brain.
Thus, we as parents and teachers must encourage and propagate the idea of educating every single child so he/she becomes absolutely ready to face the future world.